Word: beating
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...walk the planet." Thanks to genetic differences, an average Neanderthal woman, McAllister notes, could have whupped Arnold Schwarzenegger at his muscular peak in an arm-wrestling match. And prehistoric Australian Aborigines, who typically built up great strength in their joints and muscles through childhood and adolescence, could have easily beat Usain Bolt in a 100-m dash...
...spreads his bracing, multi-tracked vocals across the crisp, rollicking synths of Radioclit that would be equally at home in an ’80s pop hit. The song moves between the peaks of Mwamwaya’s choral cries and the hushed intimacy of the calming and repetitive beat, creating moving dynamics that keep it from becoming repetitive...
It’s an uncomfortable truth: in any one game, the worst player can beat the best player in the world. “That’s certainly one thing that makes poker sexy to the average guy,” says Matt Hawrilenko, a 27-year-old professional poker player who graduated from Princeton in 2004, where he worked in the dining halls for financial aid. “In any given day, you can beat the best. Or, certainly, in any given day, you can compete with the best. The average guy is never going...
...addicting.” The most he’s won in a sitting is $650—but in total, he’s $200 down the hole. “There are times when I get pretty into it. Whenever I get a bad beat, it’s pretty tough to take,” says the individual, who requested to remain anonymous for legal issues. “There’s some yelling that goes...
...Crimson also holds an edge against the teams’ only other shared opponent thus far, Holy Cross. Harvard beat the Crusaders 2-0 in September, two weeks before Holy Cross took a three-point advantage against Yale winning...